Albatross to Great Skua–Derbyshire’s international ‘bird mecca’ has seen them all!

Judith Parker Dixon sees conservation getting spectacular results at Carsington Water – an international mecca for birdlife.

CARSINGTON Water couldn’t be further from the sea – which is why the sight of an albatross, the giant patroller of the Southern Oceans, calling in for a brief rest in mid-Derbyshire set the birdwatching fraternity all a-flutter…